Brian Eno's voting intentions

During Great Britain's 1997 election campaign, New Statesman
25th April 1997 asked 139 of its contributors how they planned to vote. This is
Brian Eno's response.

I will vote for whoever seems most likely to unseat the Tories in my
constituency, because I want the conversation to change; I'm sick to death of
hearing the same old routines from Labour and the Conservatives and would
welcome a new voice: the Liberals.

Hidden agenda: if the Liberals become the opposition in 1997, they'll become
the government next time around. God knows what that would mean in practice,
but it seems worth a try. They've been paying attention for a long time and have
been able to develop policies independently, rather than in reaction to "the
enemy".

Transcriber's historical note: In the event, the Labour Party won the
election by a landslide. After 18 years in power the Conservatives (aka Tories)
had their worst result since the 1830s. The Liberal Democrats increased their
number of seats. Eno makes the same points about his voting intentions in his
Diary.